The Impact of Gender on Use of Cybercafé: A Survey of Cybercafé Users

S. U. Shiva Kumara; B. T. Sampath Kumar

doi:10.51983/ajist-2018.8.1.159

Authors

S. U. Shiva Kumara Librarian, Central Library, Acharya Institutes, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
B. T. Sampath Kumar Professor, Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2018.8.1.159

Keywords:

Internet, Cybercafé, Gender differences, Indian

Abstract

The study aims to know the Impact of gender on the use of cybercafé. The study focused on the frequency and purpose of using cybercafé by male and female users. It also focused on the problems encountered by male and female users while using Internet at cybercafé. An aggregate of 450 copies of questionnaires were circulated to the cybercafé user, of which 416 properly filled questionnaires were returned. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21.0 version. It was observed that male users had a long history of using cybercafé than female counterparts (p<.000). The data also indicate that there is an association between the frequency of visit to the cybercafé and the gender (p<.000). High cost of Internet services (74.2%), noisy environment in and around the cybercafé (55.76%) and slow Internet connection (49.75%) at cybercafé were major problems faced by the cybercafé users.

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